Shepparton Cattle Sale Report

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Report Date: 13th May 2025

Total Yarding: 2,100

Commentary

Numbers came back as 1300 exports and 630 trade cattle were penned. The quality was a far cry from last week’s offering of heavy cows, with only the odd pen of well covered cows on hand. Large runs of store cows now more the norm and finished heavy steers were scarce. Not all buyers were present. Cows fell 13c to 35c/kg. Grown steers came back 5c to 25c/kg.

The best of the best young cattle were keenly sort after and processors picked through the pens struggling to find the right article. The tops of the supplementary fed B muscled yearlings actually sold at dearer rates for the select few. Plainer store cattle lost ground 5c to 15c/kg. The best of the vealers made to 430c/kg. The yearling steers ranged from 370c to 452c/kg to the trade, the store steers made from 270c to 350c/kg, while feedlotters paid to 286c/kg. The yearling heifers ranged from 300c to 422c/kg.

The 400 to 500kg steers made from 320c to 376c/kg, 500 to 600kg steers made from 330c to 360c/kg, with the 600kg plus steers reaching 390c/kg. The heavy beef cows that processors purchased made from 264c to 296c/kg. Dairy cows ranged from 175c to 245c/kg to be 30c to 35c/kg cheaper. The store beef cows made from 140c to 250c/kg to average 194c/kg.